VAC, E FOUR
LA" GRX2rt)F: EVENING OHSERV RTli
Ratuvcliir, .Tamwry 7. 1922
7 1
Cbc Observer
AS nUKIMMCM' NHWNl'ArKI
VHihlftih.-rl Hxilv unit U.-eklV lit
Grande, Oregon, by 1-a ;rande Kvett-
ing Ovrver ruhiitthtn; rompnuy.
UKUOK liKNNIS. Keillor.
Kntered at the I'ostoff if nt 1-a (Jrantlo,
Oregon, a Second Cl .Mail Matter.
AdrireKH all comiminJcatimia to THb
OBSKKVKIE, 1410 Atlama Ave., ia
Grande. Oregon.
CITY AND mi'Vl'V OFFICIAL
J'Al'Fll.,'
On sale in (her elites Oregon Hotel
News bland. Portland: Imperial News
Stand, Portland; Multnomah News
Stand, Portland.
SI' I1SIH I ll'io ' v It ATJ5S.
lly Currier.
Pally, per mdnth .......75c
Dally, per. three monlhs ...$2.25
Dally, p?r ftx mo., in iidvanco .4.0
Dally, sintrlM copy 6c
was not individual, it nas not local
on the tother hand, it was a state-witte
scrap, which, if pressed, will line up
the people just as the late session of
the legislature lined up on the exposi
tion tax measures. j
lly Mill.
Pally, Pr year i" advance .....$6.00
Dally, six months, in advani-c $1.60
Dally, threu momlm, in advance .f 1.5U
Dally, P'T month ....00c
"U'eeklv Obsrvtr-Mpr, by mail,
per year. In advanro .$1.50
ul-ki iilU 4k 1 A WVrtf-I 41'.'.ll I'll tf.HH.
The Aitaociaed press i exciudiveiy : a family and who owns property here.
ntitled to ue for publication of all , .
news dispatches credited to It or not
otherwise erfdiw-d in this paper, and
riso the local iiewe published thuretn.
AH rlKbts of rc-publit'ation of special
dispatches here nlo art? reserved.
Employ Kome Folk
No ono takes care of La Grande so
well as I-a Grande people who oro in
terested in the city and her future.
The temporary auction house has been
abolished in order to prevent the itin
erant peddler from unloading his junk
here and then go on after the sun
goes down; the Ad Club and all other
city organizations stand firm for the
employing of homo labor, not only in
a public way, but also try to induce
business firms to always give prefer
ence to the La Grande man who has
Entire Stocks of Shoes
Reduced! 20
Some New Ones For Spring
Included!;
Men's Suits and Overcoats
Are Selling At
ONE THIRD
OFF :
Still Going Strong ! the Big Event of the Year !
2 7 til.
Bible Thought. For Today
GUARD YOUR THOUGHTS:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things arc hon
est, whatsoever things are just, what
soever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report; if there be any
virtue, and if there l any praise
think on these things. I'hilippians
4:8,
' ' Oh! Boy!
There was a Boy Scout play in La
Grande a few night ago, and there is
a great sight if one will only go to
school and see the younstcrs there. In
other words, take an invoice of La
Grande children. The Scouts are fin
and the school kids arc of the best.
They are the men and women of to
morrow and they will gradually take
their places in La Grande's affairs.
That bunch of Boy Scouts are al
most well enough seasoned to run
things very well right now, but the
next few years will add the finish
which will meun responsibility, fear
lessness and right thinking.
It is great to see children growing
upl There is nothing so ood and
wholesome. They are depending up
on Dad now, but ord long the daddies
will be depending upon them.- J?
Wo wonder if the parents of La
Grande ever visit the schools; if they
ask Scoutmaster Prykehow the boys
arp getting along? Or have we reach
ed a point where we think we pay lmt
taxes, and money should do it all?
If that is the idea, it is a wrong ; the card. Like the birds that arrive
idea. ; Money will only do so much. !carly to tell that spring has come, so
It will only provide for the expenses. . Mr. Lee's ranis'' indicate that a pri
mary election is duo before long.
This is the right spirit and never
should it be modified. It is a cold
old world and if a city does not stand
by its own people, the neighboring
cities will not reach out and offer the
olive branch.
We believe in strict conformity to
the teaching of keeping La . Grand.:
money at home as much as is possible. J
The tramp plumber is prohibited by
city ordinance from , practicing his
trade without establishing himself ah.l
taking out a license; the tramp elec
trician can no longer find work here;
the tramp sign painters and every oth.
er trade thould be treated in the same
manner. And when it comes to cm
ploying men . in public capacity the
Observer hopes every effort, will b.'
made to employ the home man, for
is the chap who has interests akin to
our own.
, JANUARY
CE SALE
jAmVjial Janua
K. West Co. f AuiVjial January Clearance Sale is an, event
ot buiunce a year. There, arc hundreds of articles needed bv every
man, woWn and child that ar(i rafluced now for the only time dur
ing the yoSr and in which grea savings can be ;ealized in their pur
chase now.
Nun ce
e ye
"We ur,c
which, lias a
predicted, a
yet participa
X - '. ;' Shop in the nioing
? V I-
EVER ARTI
- , . ' V'e are noV going on our bcS
i i which, has already passed the mar
predicted, a biggcrt'vent than over
yet participated slioil be bore w
and ,Bqt.i
nd week of the. sale the first ot
of 1021 it is going to be as wo
his year and those who have uot
the next few days. ,
' limit of good service.. ,;
itlnV
E REDUCED
Will R. King, the political sky-rock-ol
of Democratic faith, has shown up
again in Oregon. Like Jonathan
Bourne once was, he prefers to live
in Washington, D. C, or some other
distant place, and run for office in
Oregon. He now seeks to beat Dr.
Morrow for Democratic national com
mitteeman from this state. It is not
our fight, but if the Democrats turn
down Dr. Morrow, who is a perman
ent resident of the state, and elect rt
carpet-bagger like Will R, King? then
the admission is plain that Oregon
Democrats have not only lost their
reason but alijo their sense of justice.
J. D. Lee, Republican candidate for
governor, has begun a post card cam
paign with his picture on one side of
Out cf Town Customers
Order By Mail
Your Needs For The Future
(Contract Lines Excepted)
'THE BEST BUYING DAYS OF THE YEAR'1
. BUY NOW FOR SPRING
"LA GRANDE'S GREATEST DEPARTMENT STORE'
Deliveries Twice
Daily!
Phone Orders Receive
Prompt Attention!
There is something far more import
ant than' the money you pay It is
the interest, the deep, loving interest
you take jn your children.
Let every father and every mother
-fa
ir Portland Would
(Frank Irvine id Oregon Journal.)
Due to the bitter ruw. in the lejrisla-
asK. themselves ir they have been tojturci exposition plans are in the
school lately to visit the classes and "ir- A meeting Thursday of the execu
. .. . , ' . tive committee, in the thought of orig-
tulk with, teacher. And those who;in,tj))f ,, new , of timwing k
have buys let them interrogate them- 'example of the slate of uncertainty
selves relative to the Boy Scout work. tht 'jas relvd'Vh-ouUonw
Listen if this nation breaks down-j" j'uiiu"''L. iMer ni,I1(f of lhc cxpoti.
and God forbid any such ending ofltion organization, who has made a
this great republic it will be due devt!t,'d "truKRe to Kot th1 program
on us icei, lavors some now pinn.
Others stil favor a state tax levy t'.
wholly to the breaking down of the
American home. That's something to be presented as an init;tive measure
ference on the exposition. They did if not in the actual process, of a splen-
not know the sentiment in their own did growth. Never in the history of j
communities, . In consequence of their j Oregon was there halfso much aetiv-I
reports, the, up-statc's portion wunjity in the Portland harbor as in the!
Pluced at 50 per cent of the cost pf llast 18 months" There never was such '!
the exposition. Ian outlook for a gigantic movemeni
It should be understood in Portland iin tne lumber industry in the very;
that there arc more than 50,000 farm- 'near future. . It is a time of all times j
ers and their fomilies in (Voiron, and for Portland to be broad visipnecf, t
that the average farmer, with his lhc a,cr and to nvf ne B!fl will of
nose to the grindstone in the payment jhr back country. . - -.- : i'. - k
of taxes, is not as enthusiastic as arc ln considering now' plnns, the cxe-,
, Portlnn-'trs over benefits, to tome !c utivc committee of the exposition can
from the. exposition.'' Promoters ofiwel afford to take plenty of time in
the exposition argue that it -would in-'arriving, .at conclusions. : Too mu.-h
ciya'se the value of his land! . But'the ,hasto at the time the state conference
irtiiensed valuation would increase thei''5 h'W has nearly wrecked the plan
tacs of h i land. , 1 o s a. fa -met- e oiunner oi mat time can oe easily
add he is rnroly fitted for other line?
ofl Inctivity. He must stay oi) his
farbi and work it and keep it going.
It vas from that viewpoint that a
repaired by intelligent action now.
'it would make laughing stock of
Portlnnd to abandon the exposition.
Just what would Poitland saylo con-
THE OFFICE CAT
THERE'S A REASON.
"The rapidly increasing divorce
rate," remarked the wit, "indicate?
that 'America is indeed becoming the
jland of, the free."
I "Yes," replied his prosiac friend,
,"but the continued marriage rate sug
gests that it is still the home of the
! brave."
A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
"You sec, every time you are a bad
boy, papa gets a gray hair.?
Boy Rafter 8; moment's reflection.)
Oh, but you: must have leen a very
bad boy. Look at grandpa!" Boston
rost.
think about.
Charlie Hall and Julius
Meier
at the November election." t-oul(1 De passed
i Probably the suggestion to be made
herein will go unheeded.
J 'It is a situation nnd it is a time
U'hcn Portland could well afford to
ud-ptatq and, was reflected in the leg
islature. And it is a sincere opposi
tion. It is possible that by superior num
bers, superior means and a strenuous
publicity campaign an exposition tax
by which the up-state would be com
pelled tp raise $3,000,000 for the fair
tion taken at Washing! jn for an ex
position? Just what would Portland 'PORTLAND IS2S.
say to neighboring states who have I Don't cry, little town, don't cry,
pledged their support to the exposi- We have spoiled all your fun, I know,
tion? The whole country would set! Ail your wires arc crossed,
the town down as a jackass. And you've really been bossed;
Is $i,000,gW an unalterably fixed And we've caused you a lot of woe,
figure for the exposition? Suppose Lut we were in the right, that you
the sum were cut'to $5,000,000. Por-1 can't deny,
nA nl.l tl.n. n,.,l l,n 'llnn't ,rv littl,, ti.-.i-n .lnt.'l
11... TJ,...l...l 1. J. '"" FJ " "- '.' ' .J.
.i . i, .1 1 "-v ' "(but $1,000,000 more than the fai.'i ,
it that way. Portland has done enough , . . her ef h(, or- I on.t . 1itt!c town do,a crv-
tor many parts ot the state to deserve., ppH,nH Mln ...m,M ..,,, Il.et your narrow minds broaden and
help for the exposition. But it is not extra mHlion ovheiy ond the ! grow,
finance nhe exposition. If the old a good time now to press an issue that . -j -ill ,h i,i -It wiil on-e-seen. -'
Charlie Hal! of Marshficld is a stuto eu iK'tween the up-stnte and Port- hos set most of the up-state newspa- ,re5ut wou,d . c ..wrth fnr m,rp lha,v:"Twas a gieedy -.scheme'. " - .
senator from Coos and Currey co'un- ''. w Pnel fre.h, is to continue pera agamst Portland; that has raised ; tim nU'ion dollar, to"lVt.'7u'sl U "boosfToV 'yourself, you know,
ii m (.oos and luirtj coun , bt, KuWnetl by fu,.th(,r endeavor '. . a bitter row against Portland in her ' h pnent time, and for ' Don't backbite and knock, when you
- , uiit v,, lilv juinu; IIM1UL V II H' U''BIUir I'l'lll I, l"01 1 Ill I" 1 - j I il I I y a I 111 ot h III IllVll.'n
nd why did you put dollar marks
at the end of your love letters to the
plaintiff?" asked the lawyer.
"Thoyfcre kiss -marks,"' said the un
happy defendant.
"But why use dollar marks to dc
not kisses?"
"You wouldn't ask me that if yo:i
know how much they cost me."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
How much does a six-pound shell,
weigh?" he asked.
"'I. don't know," the gob answered,
"Well, what time does tho tu-nlv..
o'clock train leave?"
"Twelve o'clock."
"Al right, then, how much does a
six-pound shell weigh?"
"Oh," said the youthful mariner, a
great light dawning on him. "Twelve
pounds."
DON'T HIT US; : I
A .skirt once had frills aiid furbe
lows, but it doesn't cdme furbelow
now. :
!
You never can tell. The best thing
about many a man is his good opinion
of himself.
The world is now safe for democracy
but it's still a good idea to hire the
best lawyer you can get.
Also""
Even though the world is safe for
democracy, it isn't a good idea to sass
a cop.
Extracting tips from the tipsy ij
now numbered among the lost arts.
By the time a man Unm ti.. u..
has nothing tippable left.
; marnag j
...... ;n f,.trn " can t tret tv.
merchants of Oregon. Meier is for ! ""'i' burden, it will cost Poitland mor; threats, if not actual cases of boycott,' Pprha ' tho j.aii,.oads, v,hich will Don't cry, little town, don't cry.
... , ... .than the exposition will cost. (against Portland. , f;, '..i ,.. ,1, , r.,...1
exposition tax on the ueonle either , . . . t . . . . . profit enormously liom tne nr.
" l-u pc"pit., i um i i. ,, mmtiike in :he lieirinnmir In It is unfortunate in the extreme to r i '(m tr.n- A..n-t
proierty, g.,s,.line or some other kind place the up-stnte portion ut ja.OOO,- .have this feud active at this particular niin".,C i Cn 1J ,l c cx . Por.'t be grouchy and mean and low
of a tax. Ha'.l is opposed to the tax. iow- That was done as a n-sult of the period. We nro short in population, j if ai wouijet about it sever il No 01,0 lovcs " '""w '
He believes Portland should finance i."""" ,,ll'h "I"0 NViKhlH.ring states hax-e left us far In ,, lhat Vmillion dulll)rs couM Whose back, Mreaked with yellow,
mvu.u ."."...1 lo-nutrht Willi them vihen tlii.v cnnip to the leiir. I ir work it, ripvp utiirnnl la .... ... l.,.,.L- .,n i-m.' f,ml ;t
.... i j .. .. ....... 7 . ' . . . ". .... ..' .. ; saved in the three vears until the ex ' " "
i pii"w aim not lax ine rest oi lni- I'oi-I niul ti nttntv the lnle.u-irli. iNin. win im. I'oit noil on tho thmhn . . . . -
. . " . . J .''nnmtmn liv ni-tin mo. rmwn tho rnvt r.f
He believes that stock com- . .i ..s,..,.,. I
Tis
state. He believes that sttvk com
jiany should be formed and let all buy
the htock who care to. t
The two buys nu t the other day at
a meeting of the Oregon Chamber of
Commerce, whatever the mischief thai
i, and they ha! a low. Meier de
manded Hall to explain why he op
posed the tax, ami II... 1 surely explain
cd it to him.
There win bad blood shown. There
was the essence .of a state row that
will reach from the linnuha to CoeJ
lUjr exhibited, and the row is on the
M-icstion of whether Portland will
fi rce the slate to help pay for the ex
p .silion. Mr. Meier is wedded to Hit
t .position idea as On gun's only avc
I te of CdcHie fioni almost bankruptcy.
1 it Hall is oUl-tusl.loned and bclltvc
i: " only way Oregon will emiie out of
Mie financial I'umps is to tteitje. down
.ind go to nurk, thu puiii olf her
debts. 0
'Ji U?J- l'Tii; t!:..-- t. v Ui'.-'i
IN THE OLD HOME TOWN
,vi . m
0
retire yK cct ,;T ..q,,,,-,,,,-.. ,-f ' j'
hard pot to have your own way,
don't sigh.
Don't cry, littl? town, don't cry.
It would be wrong for the public-
pinted and sari'mcing endeavors o; . . , .,
President Meier and his associates o i ':" "". "on t cry.
exposition board to come to " "' ' J.s j r -, ','
.....u. i. ij.-j-. ...i., ;.i ..i,i;.. "". "m-ouiii-u,
muKUl, ll ll J.-Ii o .-.i'.i ,.,i.i ...- i...
example and it deserves to succeed.
The Brooklyn Eagle asks "on llow
t.i. :r u i " " marry: - I ne Chan.
.:, " ,, ' r. , v 1 question to is the i
avc uu, jiiva nuuiu uv one ; license Clerk.
continuous laugn,
WHO SAYS THEY NEVEIl COME
BACK?
Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian.
J. H. Hutson of Bloomfield, who
died on Sunday and was buried ou
Monday, returned to his home Tucsdav
afternoon.
. They were arguing about cars, mo
tor cars, their cheapness, their endur. j
ance.
"What do you know about auto-;
mobiles,. Clancy, you never rode
one in your life."
Oi don't, eh? Well. I know all
about thim. I owned a big garage in j
Ireland before I sailed.
"Cr'wan,"-shouted Tim, "you would
not know a Cadillac if you saw one.'
"Oi wouldn't eh?" retorted Clancy, jshe met him.
"my uncle had one on his left eye from me."
for years." .
.,, ., T . , Any man wuli willingly pay n
After nil it mav ho Kottnr t,. novo . ... .. ' r J
' " "- -;."..,, lne dollar It on V snmonnn
would supply the dollar.
IN AFTER YEARS.
au seem to eniov hearimr that
woman abuse her husliand "
"Yes, I was enfeaged to him beforu
She took him awav
Country Club Notes
UlRti I lKbt hnnt tho 1 tn.
Club Itnue mm AaMlurtnia..
,ltut -ymfare selfish and spoiled,
jAnd we make a generous foe
We irome out in the open, we do
not lie
Don't cry, little town, don't crv. I
your hammer out than to be some oth
er fellow s anvil
An Oklahoma man has seen his wife
for the first time in tey years. Sh.-
JUNIUS, OBSERVER
A GREAT LIGHT.
The skipper was cxamininr an am- must be a mnvio tun
bitious gob who wanted to be a gun-1 '
nersmate. 1 URAIi the -a- . vn . i
1 " - '
WHAT'S THAT?
said V'.Ua W illie, "what's an
. .Ta.'
ecbo?
"An e.l'o, my son." answered Vs.
"is the only thing on earth that can
cheat a woman hut of the last work."
Another definition of an echo. Wil-
ow Trap Heady
Country rlnb inenibers will have
an oppoM"i.''.y ol trying their niark
luanshlp toiuurrow. A new trap was
presented the club by Dr. Thy and .jls" oWncd Ma. "is a mar. who goes I
mis is now instnued ami rraov lor.to M nMt..,.t n.o.-l , nA .lmunn. r
j use. A number of members are an- his wit."
jxions to sl-.ot and the first tryoiit I And then there was silence.
will be held tomorrow at 1 odor. '
All mVinhers are United to attend. , Al.l. RIGHT, St'RE.
Trap Hhnotinc lias always been a; (,,! Merchant: "Hold on! That
very Interesting sport and It is par-.),., j hasii t been weighed. It looks a
tlcularly timely now for the se.i- t, -ifp src for a ton.''
soa on cime shooting In closed and , , ,v,r: Taii-.t intended lor t. .ua
It rtisbles the local shoot c-rs to keep. If two tor..-."
In pi.i. lice. Aimnunlilou c-ii bo, t,.,i jicr.haui; 'AH rL'tt Co
tt-i m tt. a!-U h'ttiv.. . , .. , ,. . jiici" , ,
Repairing and Wiring
of ; r
An y thing Kkc
H. & S.
105 Depot Street
(ikal '
LECTR1C CO.
Phone S93W